The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-11-10
THE NEWS IN PARAGR
interesting Items Briefly Chronicled
s. For Our Readers.

w WI itOodStS.
The number of persons who emigrated
from Germany this year.was 10000 more
than in 1886.
A large number of Southeastern Min
nesota people have formed colony and
gone to California.
Winnipeg coal merchants are laying in |
a big supply in order to head off a repeti- !
ton of last winters coal famine.
Pipestone, Mimi, has called q special
election to vote on the question of issuing
$40, GOO bonds for the erection of water ,
works. :
The Grand Trunk railway is about to
try experiments Of steam heating, so as
to avoid, if possible, the chances Of holo-
causts in cases of collision.
The treasury department has declined
to grant the request Of the Richmond au-
thorities that revenue cutter be sta
toned at the entrance Of the Chesapeake
bay to interrupt incoming cholera-in-
fected vessels. I
The growth of the K. of L. at Montreal
is reported to have been phenomenal, and
still continues.
Fourteen persons at Pittsburg were
milk, but it is thought that they will all
recover.
The stock of the Western Union Tele-
graph company has been increased by
So, 900, 900, which makes the total stock
$S6, 200,0 600. =
An entire block was destroyed by fire
at Nashville, Tenn. Loss was nearly
$175, 600. Fears are entertained that
some of the spectators were buried in the
debris of falling wall.
The New York Sun says President
Cleveland will remodel his cabinet the
latter part of the month Mr.. Lamar
will go to the supreme bench, and Villas
be secretary of the interior. :.
A curious case is now before the SUI
preme court at Ottawa. 1t involves the
right of the Roman Catholic church to
exact fines from members who have re-
fused to conform to its rules.
The expenses of the navy department
for the fiscal year were $416, 037 less than
the appropriation. .
Gen, Grants famous war horse C1af-
borne has been presented to the National
military home at Leavenworth.
Animals belonging to John Robinson's
circus got free in a railway collision at
st. Louis and created great confusion.
Loud complaints come from Marshall.
Mimi, at the scarcity of cars for shipping
wood to prairie regions. Wood is very
scarce there.
The Macleod, Manitoba, Gazette says
cattleEen along the border will drive
their cattle to the Manitoba road in Mon
y, 70 Of 81
with Canada.
The Canadian authorities have no fear
that the warlike movement of the Crows
in Montana territory will extend to the
Indians of the same tribe across the Dor
der
Farmers in the northwest are in such
hurry to get their wheat to market
that the country elevators are full and
between / 200 and 200 loaded cars are on
track at Minneapolis.
The clearlngs of the Chicago banks
during last week amounted to $64, ST.
900, an increase of S7,000,000 over the
figures for the corresponding week of last
year. New York banks now hold SO, 1856, :
600 in excess of the % per cent rule.
Iron ore shipments from Ashland this
season have reached total of 10000, 600
TONS
Natural gas has been found in several
places near Des Moines. Preparations
for practical tests of some of the latest
wells are being made.
Over 262, 600 bushels Of wheat. have
been marketed at Church's Ferry, D. T.,
this season, and the Sun says this repre-
sents but little more than 25 per cent Of
the total crop in that vicinity.
The Vernlillion Iron Journal, published
ut Tower, Mimi, warns all parties to be
careful in buying mining stocks on the
Vermilion range. The paper offers to
assist legitimate mining men In ferreting